Community Voices: Selkirk

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Natalie: So what were you up to last night?
Gemma: Well, uh, we went to Edinburgh to, uh-- Well ken how [name] was like "what do you want to do? Do you want to go for tea?" And I was like "no, just--"
Natalie: Aye.
Gemma: "want a KFC and some Krispy Kreme donuts." So we were at KFC and we'd went in to order but we were just gonna eat in the car 'cause it was really busy inside.
Interviewer: Yeah, yeah.
Gemma: And we were just sitting and then this big burly, like, workman comes rocking over but, like, wi his high-vis and stuff on but, like, wi flip-flops. And he's like "I need water" to the man behind the counter and he's like "oh" like "okay, do you want ice?" And he was like "yeah," he's like "just put it in this cup!" And like threw the cup at him. And next thing you know he sort of like half couped the cup over the table, like, all over the floor and he's like "ah" and then sort of staggered off back to the thing and we were like--
Natalie: Jeezo.
Gemma: like "is he alright?" Like--
Interviewer: Oh.
Natalie: Aye is he-- Oot the game.
Gemma: Aye, like "what's happened?" 'Cause like there was just muckle puddle on the floor and everyone was like standing looking at it like "oh my god" like-- It's like "has it been too spicy, his meal? Like, what's happened?" So then he'd sort of-- he-- but he disappeared really quickly
Natalie: Mhm.
Gemma: and then oot-- went ootside wi our meal and there was all these, like, cruiser types, going about in their cars and me and [name] were
Natalie: Oh aye, boy cruisers.
Gemma: sitting eating our food in the car park with this gaan on. And a' of a sudden, we couldnae like-- the-- it was like big vibrations, um, and we were sitting and were like "what the hell is this?" and it was this like guy comes creeping up in this big-- well there was a Subaru thing next to us and ken how you're like "oh god almighty"
Natalie: Aye.
Gemma: and it was this big BMW thing popped up in front and it had like a' the gear and everything
Natalie: Mhm.
Gemma: but it was his music that was, like, pulsing through and we're like "we just want to go and get donuts." Like--